keir starmer is quite the fan of visiting lower league football grounds in places he hopes labour can win. he was in gillingham, in kent this morning. his deputy with him, too. thank you. whatever service people try and access these days, they find it s like wading through treacle. red cards aren t usually welcome for folk on a football pitch, but expect to see plenty of these in the next month or so, spelling out labour s core message. we ve had 14 years of going round and round in circles, getting absolutely nowhere. chaos and division feeding chaos and division. if you want change, you have to vote for it. and if you vote labour, - it s a vote to- the chaos. it s a vote to turn the page and it s a vote to rebuild our country together. thank you very much, thank you! a general election is about winning seats and staying in them. rishi sunakjust about managed that in ilkeston, in derbyshire, as he made the case the economy is on the up. inflation down from 11% when i got thi
is ourfamily. my important. the most important thing is our family. my wife does enormous amount to support me. but our welfare system and i want to make sure everybody gets the support they need with mental health challenges. our society is more open about talking about mental health challenges in a way it wasn t ten years ago. they don t risk over medical housing one of the everyday challenges and anxieties of life that you described. when it comes to the welfare system, we have seen a massive increase since the pandemic and the number of people who are of working age, but they are not working age, but they are not working because they are deemed to be of ill health and it is driven by mental health claims. it is causing an enormous increase in the norm numbers, 800,000 people not working on welfare because of ill health, since the pandemic, just in the last few years. the bill is forecast, the bill for these benefits, pit alone is forecast to grow by 50% in the next four y
campaigning marathon has started in earnest with rishi sunak clocking up the miles in england, wales and scotland and sir keir starmer heading to labour target territory in kent. amid the handshakes, placards and babies, the economy and immigration emerged as the main early battle lines, with mr sunak confirming that flights to rwanda to remove people who arrive on small boats won t set off before polling day. meanwhile, nigel farage confirmed he won t stand in the election, but he will help the reform uk campaign. with our first report tonight, here s our political editor chris mason. cheering placards and cheers and babies getting attention from politicians. keir starmer is quite the fan of visiting lower league football grounds in places he hopes labour can win. he was in gillingham in kent this morning. his deputy with him, too. thank you. whatever service people try and access these days, they find it s like wading through treacle. red cards aren t usually welcome fo
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